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Emergency application

Pausing a state court ruling

Michael Wayne Andrews v. Ohio

Denied
No. 25A1090Stay applicationFiled by a private partyPresented to Justice KavanaughFrom Court of Appeals of Ohio, Scioto County

What did the Court do?

The Court denied the request on April 4, 2026: the lower court's ruling stays in effect while the appeal continues.

Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.

Filed Ruled 11 days after filing

What's being asked

Michael Wayne Andrews asks the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a ruling by the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Scioto County. He sought the pause pending filing and a decision on a petition asking the Supreme Court to review the case. The record does not explain what that ruling or underlying dispute concerns.

What the Court did

Justice Kavanaugh refused the emergency request and denied the application (turned it down). The Court did not publish how the justices voted. The order does not decide the underlying dispute.

Vote not published · 9the order does not say how they voted
  1. Roberts
  2. Thomas
  3. Alito
  4. Sotomayor
  5. Kagan
  6. Gorsuch
  7. Kavanaugh
  8. Barrett
  9. Jackson
The order does not say how any justice voted, as is usual on the emergency docket.
Half of 212 rulings on applications decided without a response came 8 to 34 days after filing, and the median was 14 days; this one was ruled on 11 days after filing.

What it means

This emergency ruling addresses only a temporary pause, not who wins the underlying dispute. The ruling from the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Scioto County, was not put on hold. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main question, and no argument is set.

Sources

Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 25A1090. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.

Checked October 4, 2026